Hot House Flowers | ||||
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Released | December 18, 1984 | |||
Recorded | May 30–31, 1984 | |||
Studio | RCA Studio A, New York | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:33 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | George Butler, Steven Epstein | |||
Wynton Marsalis chronology | ||||
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Hot House Flowers is an album by Wynton Marsalis that won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist in 1985. [1] The album peaked at number 90 on the Billboard 200, number 53 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart, and number 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart. [2]
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Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Stardust" | Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish | 4:07 |
2. | "Lazy Afternoon" | Jerome Moross, John Latouche | 5:03 |
3. | "For All We Know" | John Frederick Coots, Sam M. Lewis | 6:15 |
4. | "When You Wish upon a Star" | Ned Washington, Leigh Harline | 4:40 |
5. | "Django" | John Lewis | 4:52 |
6. | "Melancholia" | Duke Ellington | 5:46 |
7. | "Hot House Flowers" | Wynton Marsalis | 5:46 |
8. | "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" | Al J. Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds | 5:41 |
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